The Human Mind and Privileges

When speaking to other students my age and upper-classmen, I often experience a wave of emotions because I’m left in awe at the uncertainty many students carry as they go through their college careers. I strongly believe the best way to connect with other people is through being engaged in conversations that make you feel...

Climate Change and its Ruins

The United States has become a powerful country through the acquisition of different lands dating back hundreds of years. Much of the United States’ expansion during the 18th century was believed to be their God-given right through Manifest Destiny. Does Manifest Destiny also give the U.S. the right to exploit natural resources and the land...

Racial Hierarchy in the United States

The notion of empires has created division among people all over the world, but how was this division created? How did inequality rise above all and become an important aspect in the lives of minority groups such as the African American community? According to Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, society and language played a...